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"I Will Not Bow"
"I Will Not Bow"
Single by Breaking Benjamin
from the album Dear Agony
Released	August 11, 2009
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	3:37
Label	Hollywood
Songwriter(s)	Benjamin Burnley; Jasen Rauch;
Producer(s)	David Bendeth
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"I Will Not Bow" is a song by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was released in August 2009 as the lead single from their fourth album Dear Agony. It was featured in the ending credits of the Bruce Willis film Surrogates. The song was not written specifically for the film, but according to drummer Chad Szeliga, "Ben sent a few songs to our record label, Hollywood Records," which is owned by Disney, who then decided they "wanted a Breaking Benjamin song for this movie." The song was also being used heavily on MLB Network as lead-in and lead-out music during the 2010 MLB postseason.

Release

The single was originally planned to be added to the band's Myspace page at 12:00 AM on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, before its first radio play on St. Louis radio station, 105.7 The Point, along with an interview with Aaron Fink on the Woodie and Rizzuto show later that morning. However, on Tuesday afternoon, August 11, The Point was scooped by radio station 97.9X (WBSX) of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Breaking Benjamin's home town) who played the single before Hollywood Records' intended release date.^[1] This caused an earlier premiere to Breaking Benjamin's Myspace page. The song was added at 8:00 PM Eastern Time, August 11, 2009.

The song became available at iTunes on August 31, 2009, and is a downloadable track for the video game, Rock Band.^[2]

Versions

The original version of Dear Agony is 3:37 long. There is also a radio edit, which can be heard over public radio; the edit does not contain the scream "fall" or the lyric "open your eyes". The third version of "I Will Not Bow" is only 3:13 long and can be heard on the end credits of the movie Surrogates. The fourth version is an acoustic version, accompanied by strings. This version was released on the extended version of the band's greatest hits album on August 16, 2011.

Track listing

Promotional single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Will Not Bow (album version)"	3:38
2.	"I Will Not Bow"	3:39
3.	"I Will Not Bow"	3:39
4.	"Call-Out Hook"	0:08

Tracks two and three do not contain the scream "fall" or the lyric "open your eyes"

Music video

The music video for "I Will Not Bow" was released to the band's Myspace on August 21, 2009. It featured clips from the movie Surrogates. The video was shot at the 7 World Trade Center, but has no connection or significant meaning having to do with the 9/11 events as stated by Aaron Fink in his Point interview on August 13, 2009. The video was directed by Rich Lee who has also directed for Evanescence. Lee chose the location, feeling it was an eerie place to film.^{[citation needed]}

The video features several shots of singer Ben Burnley walking down a hallway singing into a microphone, as well as shots of the band performing together, and scenes from the movie. There is also a girl who goes onto an elevator, and comes up to the same floor the band is on. She sits down on a couch in front of a set of TVs, all of them either showing scenes from the movie, or the band playing. Towards the end of the video, the members of the band collapse, dropping their instruments, as does the girl. The video then goes to Burnley strapped into one of the chairs from the movie, during which he sits up and takes his mask off, revealing that the band members themselves were using surrogates.

The Surrogates version is included on the DVD and Blu-ray release of the film.

A second version of the music video without the Surrogates footage was released with the Best Buy exclusive version of Dear Agony and on iTunes. It was later uploaded to YouTube in 2010.

Chart performance

"I Will Not Bow" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's highest charting song and first and only top 40 hit on the chart. It has reached number one on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs^[3] and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks^[4] charts and number five on the Alternative Songs chart. AOL rated this song as the number one rock song of 2009, beating out such songs as "New Divide" by Linkin Park, "Break" by Three Days Grace and "Again" by Flyleaf.^[5]

Weekly charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[6]	98
Canada Rock (Billboard)^[7]	37
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	40
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[9]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[10]	29
Chart (2010)	Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[11]	3

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Produced by David Bendeth
Arranged by Breaking Benjamin and David Bendeth
Mix engineer, engineering and digital editing by Dan Korneff, John Bender and Kato Khandwala
Recorded and mixed at House of Loud, Elmwood Park, New Jersey
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York City

References

^ Interview with Aaron Fink on 105.7 The Point on August 13, 2009
^ "Rock Band Weekly: Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Just Kait, Kula Shaker". joystiq.com. 2009-09-25.
^ "Billboard Rock Songs for Week of November 28, 2009". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
^ Tops in Music Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today. go.rrstar.com.
^ "Yahoo!". www.aolradioblog.com.
^ "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^ "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^ "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^ "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ "American single certifications – Breaking Benjamin – I Will Not Bow". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

[1] Interview with Aaron Fink on 105.7 The Point on August 13, 2009

[Breaking_Benjamin_DLC-2] "Rock Band Weekly: Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Just Kait, Kula Shaker". joystiq.com. 2009-09-25.

[3] "Billboard Rock Songs for Week of November 28, 2009". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-11-19.

[4] Tops in Music Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today. go.rrstar.com.

[5] "Yahoo!". www.aolradioblog.com.

[sc_Canada_Breaking_Benjamin-6] "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[sc_Billboardcanadarock_Breaking_Benjamin-7] "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Breaking_Benjamin-8] "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[sc_Billboardrocksongs_Breaking_Benjamin-9] "Breaking Benjamin Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[10] "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[11] "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[United_StatesBreaking_BenjaminI_Will_Not_BowsingleCertRef-12] "American single certifications – Breaking Benjamin – I Will Not Bow". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

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+"'''I Will Not Bow'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Breaking Benjamin]]. It was released in August 2009 as the lead single from their fourth album ''[[Dear Agony]]''. It was featured in the ending credits of the [[Bruce Willis]] film ''[[Surrogates]]''. The song was not written specifically for the film, but according to drummer [[Chad Szeliga]], "Ben sent a few songs to our record label, Hollywood Records," which is owned by Disney, who then decided they "wanted a Breaking Benjamin song for this movie." The song was also being used heavily on [[MLB Network]] as lead-in and lead-out music during the 2010 [[Major League Baseball postseason|MLB postseason]].
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+The original version of ''Dear Agony'' is 3:37 long. There is also a radio edit, which can be heard over public radio; the edit does not contain the scream "fall" or the lyric "open your eyes". The third version of "I Will Not Bow" is only 3:13 long and can be heard on the end credits of the movie ''Surrogates''. The fourth version is an acoustic version, accompanied by strings. This version was released on the extended version of the band's greatest hits album on August 16, 2011.
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+The music video for "I Will Not Bow" was released to the band's Myspace on August 21, 2009. It featured clips from the movie ''[[Surrogates]]''. The video was shot at the [[7 World Trade Center]], but has no connection or significant meaning having to do with [[September 11 attacks|the 9/11 events]] as stated by Aaron Fink in his [[KPNT|Point]] interview on August 13, 2009. The video was directed by [[Rich Lee]] who has also directed for [[Evanescence]]. Lee chose the location, feeling it was an eerie place to film.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
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 The ''Surrogates'' version is included on the DVD and Blu-ray release of the film.
-A second version of the music video without the ''Surrogates'' footage was released with the Best Buy exclusive version of ''Dear Agony'' and on iTunes.
+A second version of the music video without the ''Surrogates'' footage was released with the Best Buy exclusive version of ''Dear Agony'' and on iTunes. It was later uploaded to YouTube in 2010.
 ==Chart performance==
-"I Will Not Bow" debuted at number 40 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], making it the band's highest charting song and first and only top 40 hit on the chart. It has reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Rock Songs]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-11-28/rock-songs|title=''Billboard'' Rock Songs for Week of November 28, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2009-11-19}}</ref> and [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]]<ref>[http://go.rrstar.com/Music/x1792904974/Tops-in-Music Tops in Music] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120709154102/http://go.rrstar.com/Music/x1792904974/Tops-in-Music |date=2012-07-09 }}. go.rrstar.com.</ref> charts and number five on the [[Alternative Songs]] chart. AOL rated this song as the number one rock song of 2009, beating out such songs as "[[New Divide]]" by [[Linkin Park]], "[[Break (Three Days Grace song)|Break]]" by [[Three Days Grace]] and "[[Again (Flyleaf song)|Again]]" by [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aolradioblog.com/2009/12/01/rock-songs-of-2009/|title=Yahoo!|website=www.aolradioblog.com}}</ref>
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+[[Category:Music videos directed by Rich Lee]]

v t e Breaking Benjamin
Benjamin Burnley Jasen Rauch Keith Wallen Aaron Bruch Shaun Foist Chris Lightcap Nicholaus Hoover Jonathan Price Jeremy Hummel Aaron Fink Mark James Klepaski Chad Szeliga
Studio albums	Saturate We Are Not Alone Phobia Dear Agony Dark Before Dawn Ember
Compilation albums	Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin Aurora
EPs	Breaking Benjamin So Cold EP
Singles	"Polyamorous" "Skin" "So Cold" "Sooner or Later" "Rain" "The Diary of Jane" "Breath" "Until the End" "I Will Not Bow" "Give Me a Sign" "Lights Out" "Blow Me Away" "Failure" "Angels Fall" "Ashes of Eden" "Defeated" "Never Again" "Red Cold River" "Torn in Two" "Tourniquet" "Waiting on the Sky to Change" "Awaken"
Tours	Jägermeister Music Tour 2003 Dark Horse Tour
Related articles	Discography
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